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3521. Papyrus 1716(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1716(A-B)
Title:
Receipts for Rent (P.Lond. V 1782-1783, TM 38859-38860)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts from the Holy Church of Hermopolis. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1782, TM 38859): Receipt recording a payment for rent on land, issued to the heirs of Daniel by the administrator (pronoetes) Senuthius, represented by Theodosius, on behalf of the Holy Church of Hermopolis. Lower pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets with writing on one side, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, square-shaped, only lacking the lower right corner. The front bears six lines running across the fibres; upper, right and left margins are minimal.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; the front bears seven lines running across the fibres; upper, right and left margins are minimal.

3522. Papyrus 1717(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1717(A-B)
Title:
Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1802, TM 36954), and Lease (P.Lond. V 1877 descr., TM 36982)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1802, TM 36954): Order from the tribune Iob to Andreas, son of Georgius, to pay 5,000 talents as rent of a courtyard, signed by Demeas. Dated 19 June, 10th indiction. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1877 descr., TM 36982): Fragmentary acknowledgment of a lease of part ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some damage in places; written on one side. The front bears 7 lines running across the fibres; the back may have been used for writing, later washed off. Folding lines are still visible.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and top, complete on the sides, damaged by insect-holes; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 11 lines running along the fibres; side margins are minimal. The back contains one fragmentary line written along the fibres.

3523. Papyrus 1718

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1718
Title:
Acknowledgment of Debt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1772, TM 36942)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Ananias, son of Papnuthius, a farmer from the Hermopolite village of Tertonkano, acknowledges that he owes artabas of wheat, barley and vegetable seed as rent to a woman whose name is damaged; with subscriptions of Ananias (written by Aurelius Theophilus), of the witnesses, and notarial ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with darker patches, broken off at the top and with surface damage in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 37 lines written along the fibres; side and lower margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3524. Papyrus 1719(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1719(a-b)
Title:
Tax Receipts from the Archive of the Soldier Menas (P.Lond. V 1743, TM 38847, and P.Lond. V 1749, TM 38852)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts on account of different taxes from the archive of the soldier Menas. Upper text, Papyrus 1719A (P.Lond. V 1743, TM 38847): Receipt issued for Raistos Palmatat for the payment of half solidus on account of money taxes (demosia), dated to 19 July (Epeiph 25) of a 9th indiction. Inter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th-8th century
Extent:

Two small square papyrus sheets, fully preserved and with all margins extant. Writing runs along the fibres on the recto, the verso being blank. The lower part of each papyrus is folded and tied with a papyrus strip on which a clay seal is attached. Mounted in a glass case.

3525. Papyrus 1720(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1720(a-b)
Title:
Two Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751; P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751): Receipt for the public tax (demosia), poll-tax (diagraphon) and maintenance tax (dapane) paid by the soldier Menas, son of Sarapammon. The receipt is signed by a certain Athanasius. Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854): Receipt for the maint...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century-8th century
Extent:
Two small sheets, written along the fibres. The left one (A) is broken off at the middle of the right side; it has writing on one side only and the seal at the bottom; the right one (B) is fully preserved; there are ink-traces on the verso. Mounted in a glass case.

3526. Papyrus 1725(a-d)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1725(a-d)
Title:
Receipt for Corn-Tax (P.Lond. V 1865 descr., TM 36978), Contract and Receipt for Poll-tax (P.Lond. V 1745, TM 38849), Receipt for Maintenance Tax (P.Lond. V 1752, TM 38855), Order for Payment (P.Lond. V 1803, TM 36953)
Scope & Content:
The sheet in the top left corner (A) (P.Lond. V 1865 descr., TM 36978): Tax receipt for corn-tax (embole), issued by a pagarch through Pcylius for 3 artabas of wheat. 6th century. The sheet in the top middle (B) (P.Lond. V 1745, TM 38849): Recto: unpublished text of uncertain character. Ver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-8th century
Extent:

Four single sheets of different sizes mounted in a glass case.

The top left papyrus (A) is imperfect on the right-hand side, with parts of 6 lines preserved; the verso is blank.

The top middle fragment (B) consists of writing on both sides: the text on the recto, which is written against the fibres, contains 5 incomplete lines, the papyrus being broken on all sides; the verso text, also written against the fibres, is complete (4 lines).

The top right papyrus preserves a complete text, with 5 lines written along the fibres; there is a single line of writing on the back, which is unaccounted for in the ed. pr. as well as in Gonis (2009) and (2013).

The bottom papyrus (D) has been cut from the edge of a larger papyrus and rotated transversa charta; the text is broken on the right side but nearly complete. Line ends of an earlier document are visible at the bottom edge, perpendicular to the later text. The back is blank.

3527. Papyrus 1726(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1726(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1757, TM 19755), and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1905 descr., TM 36996)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1757, TM 19755): Certificate submitted by an assistant of the accounts office of Hermopolis recording payments in kind made by various individuals on account of taxes; the payments include freight charges and other expenses. Numbered 39 at the top. Dated to 586-587. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but imperfect at the bottom; writing on one side only, back blank. The front bears 12 lines running along the fibres. Margins survive, the lower being imperfect.

Right papyrus (B): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and complete on all other sides; writing on one side only, back blank. The front bears 11 lines running along the fibres. Upper and side margins are extant.

3528. Papyrus 1729

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1729
Title:
Lease of a Boat (P.Lond. V 1714, TM 19731)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment by Aurelius Pecysis, a sailor of the Antaiopolite nome, of a four-year lease of a boat with a capacity of about 300 artabas, which he is renting from Flavius Theodorus, son of Menas. The description of the boat is provided. The document was written by Dioscorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 March 570
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, imperfect at the bottom and with damage along the horizontal fold lines; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 52 lines written across the fibres, with the exception of the first 8 lines, which run along the fibres and are written on the first sheet, having opposite fibre direction. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3529. Papyrus 1730

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1730
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. V 1827, TM 33192)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition from an inhabitant of a village of the Hermopolite nome to the strategus, enclosing the copy of a petition sent to the praeses of the Thebaid and concerning some duties imposed upon him despite his old age. A note was added by the strategus in the upper margin. Partly publ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 4th century
Extent:

Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, mutilated at the edges and with holes and some surface damage in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the top of a column, with no line being complete. The upper margin survives; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join is visible at c. 40 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3530. Papyrus 1731

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1731
Title:
Letter (P.Lond. V 1791, TM 38863)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the village headman (protokometes) Sambas to Sarapion, with endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, mutilated on the right-hand side and with surface damage throughout; written on both sides. The front bears 11 lines running against the fibres and lacking the ends; on the back there is one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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